BIG-SHOULDERED SUITS | Starting out, Presley favored the snazzy threads available at Lansky Brothers, the Memphis clothier frequented by black musicians of the day. "Presley innately knew how to pick pieces that would accentuate his movement,” Nolan says. AP

“Look at the shoes and socks: Michael Jackson copied this look big time,” Nolan says. A structured jacket helped Elvis' shoulders keep up with his hips during an appearance on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' in October 1956. Elvis Presley Enterprises

SCARVES AND ASCOTS | "At his Vegas shows, he'd drape himself in a scarf, sweat into it and then drape it around someone in the audience. That's stagecraft," Nolan says. Elvis Presley Enterprises

MILITARY MAN | He knew how to rock a handsome uniform, whether in real life (as Private Presley) or on-screen (in 'G.I. Blues'). "The military look was not lost on Elvis. You see military-inspired designs (on everyone) from pop stars to heavy-metal singers." Paramount/The Kobal Collection

Presley traded his costumes for an Army uniform in his barracks area in Friedberg, West Germany. AP

TCB JEWELRY | Elvis emblazoned his personal motto, “Taking care of business,”
on a variety of custom jewelry, all of it gaudy. “Everyone in his inner circle, the Memphis Mafia, they all had fancy ones.” Elvis Presley Enterprises

'COMEBACK SPECIAL' BLACK LEATHER SUIT | Tanned and whippet-thin, Elvis prowled the small center stage of his storied 1968 NBC 'Elvis' special in motorcycle chic. "This was reckless, raw Elvis," Nolan says. "This outfit was a way for him to say, 'I'm still the King, kids. I can still rock this.' " Elvis Presley Enterprises/Sony

NUDIE COHN GOLD LAME SUIT | Elvis wore this favorite stage costume from 1957 into the early ’60s, and it was seen on the cover of 1959’s '50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong' album. “Young Elvis in that gold jacket was so much about personal charisma, and you just can’t impersonate that,” Nolan says. Elvis Presley Enterprises

Nudie Cohn, who is thought to have charged Elvis $10,000 for his gold suit, was known as the tailor to Hollywood's cowboy stars. RCA Victor via AP

Sunglasses with an EP monogram fetched $37,500 at an auction of Elvis items in Las Vegas in 1999. Guernsey

WHITE VEGAS JUMPSUITS | “Elvis’ personal aesthetic was glitzy and big. Even what he wore every day was tremendously over the top, with the high, stiff collars, the blue suits. That really was his personal style,” Nolan says. Associated Press